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Appointments
of two new Bishops in Lesotho
Appointed
Fr. Gerard Tlali Lerotholi O.M.I., professor at the National
University of Lesotho and at the Seminary of St. Augustine, as archbishop
of Maseru (area 7,739, population 813,362, Catholics 364,858, priests 87,
religious 386), Lesotho. The archbishop-elect was born in St. James Mission,
Lesotho in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1982. He succeeds Archbishop Bernard
Mohlalisi O.M.I., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese
the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
Appointed
Fr. Augustinus Tumaole Bane O.M.I., superior of the "Mater
Jesu Scholasticate, Roma" in Maseru, Lesotho, as bishop of Leribe
(area 5,129, population 424,400, Catholics 230,639, priests 39, religious
226), Lesotho. The bishop-elect was born in Motsistseng, Mokhotlong, Lesotho
in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1977. He succeeds Bishop Paul Khoarai,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy
Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit./